Houses

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• Hebrews 3:4

  For every house is builded by some man; but he that built all things is God.

• Deuteronomy 6:10–11

  And it shall be, when the LORD thy God shall have brought thee into the land which he sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give thee great and goodly cities, which thou buildedst not, And houses full of all good things, which thou filledst not, and wells digged, which thou diggedst not, vineyards and olive trees, which thou plantedst not; when thou shalt have eaten and be full;

• 2 Corinthians 5:1

  For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.

• Isaiah 32:18

  And my people shall dwell in a peaceable habitation, and in sure dwellings, and in quiet resting places;

• Luke 14:28

  For which of you, intending to build a tower, sitteth not down first, and counteth the cost, whether he have sufficient to finish it?

• Jeremiah 29:5

  Build ye houses, and dwell in them; and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them;

• Joshua 24:13

  And I have given you a land for which ye did not labour, and cities which ye built not, and ye dwell in them; of the vineyards and oliveyards which ye planted not do ye eat.

• John 14:2

  In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.

• Psalms 23:6

  Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the LORD for ever.

• Proverbs 24:3–4

  Through wisdom is an house builded; and by understanding it is established: And by knowledge shall the chambers be filled with all precious and pleasant riches.

• Psalms 127:1

  A Song of degrees for Solomon. Except the LORD build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the LORD keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain.

• Isaiah 65:21–22

  And they shall build houses, and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and eat the fruit of them. They shall not build, and another inhabit; they shall not plant, and another eat: for as the days of a tree are the days of my people, and mine elect shall long enjoy the work of their hands.

• Isaiah 28:16

  Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone, a sure foundation: he that believeth shall not make haste.

• Proverbs 13:22

  A good man leaveth an inheritance to his children's children: and the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the just.

• Matthew 7:24–27

  Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock: And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock. And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand: …

• Proverbs 22:7

  The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.

• Joshua 24:15

  And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.

• Proverbs 24:27

  Prepare thy work without, and make it fit for thyself in the field; and afterwards build thine house.

• Romans 15:20

  Yea, so have I strived to preach the gospel, not where Christ was named, lest I should build upon another man's foundation:

• Philemon 1:2

  And to our beloved Apphia, and Archippus our fellowsoldier, and to the church in thy house:

• 1 Corinthians 3:11

  For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ.

• 2 Kings 4:10

  Let us make a little chamber, I pray thee, on the wall; and let us set for him there a bed, and a table, and a stool, and a candlestick: and it shall be, when he cometh to us, that he shall turn in thither.

• Ephesians 2:20

  And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone;

• 2 Samuel 7:18

  Then went king David in, and sat before the LORD, and he said, Who am I, O Lord GOD? and what is my house, that thou hast brought me hitherto?

• Luke 10:5

  And into whatsoever house ye enter, first say, Peace be to this house.

• Proverbs 19:1–29

  Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity, than he that is perverse in his lips, and is a fool. Also, that the soul be without knowledge, it is not good; and he that hasteth with his feet sinneth. The foolishness of man perverteth his way: and his heart fretteth against the LORD. …

• Deuteronomy 8:12

  Lest when thou hast eaten and art full, and hast built goodly houses, and dwelt therein;

• Jeremiah 29:11

  For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.

• Zephaniah 1:5

  And them that worship the host of heaven upon the housetops; and them that worship and that swear by the LORD, and that swear by Malcham;

• Revelation 1:1

  The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John:

• Acts 1:13

  And when they were come in, they went up into an upper room, where abode both Peter, and James, and John, and Andrew, Philip, and Thomas, Bartholomew, and Matthew, James the son of Alphæus, and Simon Zelotes, and Judas the brother of James.

• Luke 10:1–42

  After these things the Lord appointed other seventy also, and sent them two and two before his face into every city and place, whither he himself would come. Therefore said he unto them, The harvest truly is great, but the labourers are few: pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he would send forth labourers into his harvest. Go your ways: behold, I send you forth as lambs among wolves. …

• Romans 16:5

  Likewise greet the church that is in their house. Salute my wellbeloved Epænetus, who is the firstfruits of Achaia unto Christ.

• Proverbs 9:1

  Wisdom hath builded her house, she hath hewn out her seven pillars:

• Colossians 3:14

  And above all these things put on charity, which is the bond of perfectness.

• Colossians 3:23

  And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men;

• Proverbs 3:33

  The curse of the LORD is in the house of the wicked: but he blesseth the habitation of the just.

• Colossians 4:15

  Salute the brethren which are in Laodicea, and Nymphas, and the church which is in his house.

• Proverbs 7:6

  For at the window of my house I looked through my casement,

• Deuteronomy 28:6

  Blessed shalt thou be when thou comest in, and blessed shalt thou be when thou goest out.